Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-05
OTHER LOCAL NEWS.
SERVICES IN THE cHCscHEs on sus-
DAY.
A Kew Church TO be 0rganizsd-Rev. Mr.,
Brown at Centenary Interest
ing Revsvals
The following Summarizes the reports
Of religious services, de-, on Sunday !:


of religious services, de-, on Sunday /;
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Al tho Twenty.ciFh lh-Sifec, chapel on sun
day afternoon council. consisting Of vnrions
baptist ministers and laymen 81 The city, met
% consider hc Uropficiy W organizing ahnfcn
81 that point Attor cNo consideraueh an
discussion II was de- iCcd % recommend the
organization The thri sunday afternoon IN
ihis mcnih vas felcc "a ns tho time Tor cohsu-
fufing lac church 40 irthre ting meeting y
in progress NJ the cheFcl Quito number q
I,en'on. have ALREADY profegss t Conversion.
At Ncpahie-Streei c,.srch congregations Hcro
large sunday morning and nigbt Ia the
morning one was fettiNgd ~ letter shu oo7
toi apiisni. and a; blight one was ssPtizei.
The meetings a. Grace Street hapttsi church
tir.,,d last "Wednesday. on sunday night Seven
we've baptized. Six hundred ana hity dollars
we're faiee1 at the lucr1irg service toward the
fand in aid OF Tho Plne-siroet church.
Al Ciay-Sircet Baptist chufch on sunday
night no were baptized.
Al piac.Sireot chun.b during the past week
oas was received for b.p,i N and one was bap-
tiscd. on sunday morning seyon we're received
by letter and one was restored. At the CON-
munion ihe right hand 81 fellowship was given
90 fourteen.
Al I.eigh-Streci church ono was baptized da-
ring the past week. On sunday morning COM
muDion was administered ana the right hand
81 fellowship wnq given 10 tgcn,y-One.
Meetings have been IN progresa ~ the Balm
bridgc-Strcet church. Manchester. for two
Noeh@. 30 lhf more nave bccu over tWcuty
professions of conversion. Tho meetings con-
iiDge this week. and nr Goodwin Is expected
10 ala The pastor, Roy. J. r. Thornhil.
Rey. J. x. honoit Of hips William county.
WAS az tho Baptist Ministers Conference yes,or-
day morning. lie has decided " accept the
,all 70 tue North DRnvilic church.
Sunday VAS tho fourth Anniversary Of Rev.
vs. J. Shipmans pnst0rate OF tho Wesi-Main-
street Baptist church, and the sermon In the
morning was appropriate 10 the OCCASION. lie
stated dist thoro had been 100 additions during
his pas'crate, eighty 81 whom had been ro-
coivcd by baptism. Tho present membership
- - On sunday morning ono was received
Iv letter. 50 night one vas baptized and two
weie received for baptism.
uR. JrDsoE At THE FIRST BAPTIST.
nr. Iudson arrived here at , p. NJ. Sunday.
and preached TO n nne congregation in the
icrinre noon OF the 2 irBj BAPTIST church at $50
O'Clock In the afternoon. The meeting was one
~ deep 20iemniiy, and there were seven or
eieht professions Of conversion. At night AT
o,.,ock the main audieoce-rOom was filled with
aiargr and attentive congregation. The meet
ing was one Of great interest and sOlemnity,
ioferuixed with spirited singing. The meet
ipes are growing In interest each night, and the
.hurch is on tho eve Of eroat revival. DIR.
iulison preached yesterday afternoon at 40
ami again last night at o'clock.
METHODIST.
SUNDAY was communion-day at all tho
Methodist churches, and In most OF thcm the
number % communicates was much larger
than usual. Many converishave been received
during the last month, ana these went to their
nrst communion on Sunday.
EoT. Or. Garland preached at Trinity in tho
motnlDe
Rev. {. p Lytord preached at Park-Place at
night
preached morning and night at Centenary. He
has engaged 10 hold q series of meetings ut
This church. lie will give Bible readings at 4
=. VI. aud preach at =, NJ. every day. There
Il - GtFV laN MI
Tho other appointments were supplied by the
regular pastors.
There we're four additions to the membership
~ Trinity, three az LGlrol-S.reet, two at Union
station. eight 81 Pafk-Place, twenty-fOur at
Ccnual (Nanchester).
las members Of demonstration conducted on
sunday afternoon, few miles from the city
az Interesting service, az which there wero six
teen penienis and ten conversions.
Tho revival services at the other Methodist
~uUrtl'es arc suspended. and tho forces OF Mo-
iEoiisrp will concentrate az Centenary this
w-eA
PAIy SUNDAY CELEBRATION.
sunday The Catholic and Episcopal churcshe
comlneWorated the triumphant entry which
our saviour rnnde in an humble way into the
city q Jerusalem. In lie Episcopal churches
sefmGns appropriate 10 the occasion were de-
lyered ana suitable music was sung. In the
Oathetil al. 81. Patrick's, ~. Joseph's, and II.
Mary's churches palms were blessed and dis
triDuted 10 the faithful Immediately before
High Mass. The high altar a. st Malys pre-
ssnted very attractive appearance, being
decorated with real palms. At 81. Peters sol
einn High Mass was celebrated 10y Very Rev.
Father Van de Nyver, with Rev. Father Fierney
~ deacon and Rev. Father Dlnneen as sub
deacon. The gospel was the Passion OF our
Lord which was read In English by Father
1ieInpy. while Father Van de Eyyor stood at
the affair aud read the Same In Latin.
oLD-hARKRT HALL.
Ths Sanday-night congregations At tho Old
Market Han have become 100 large % be a.
aud benches we're brought In, aud tho ushcrs
did their best to make everybody comfortable:
ON Sunday night week more than thousand
people went through the rain TO attend DR..
n0ges service, and la pleasant weather
larger hall would be desirable.
DE- BAXTER AND THE MILLENNIUM
Dr. N. Baxter the editor Of the Christian
Herai6 who halls from Scotland. prea nod
again thrice Sunday at the Theatre 70 large nu-
diences. 49,
The Doctor Gains that the millennium will
he gin in 1900; TINT three and half years pre-
vfous 10 that time the ADtchriSt who the Doc
tor declares will be Prince Jerome NapOleon)
viii begin cruel reign, first starting as hins
If Syria, finally subjugatng the world, ana re-
guiring all people 10 bow in homage To his
mage: TINT those who. refuse will be decapi-
taied: that about six months after 1896 Christ
viii descend TO the earth and take With Him
i4JOC0 persons who have been cody ana con-
srpcnt IN iheir lives as the first fruits.
The Doctor left here for New York Yesterday